‘Exhausted, undervalued…,’ Techie’s 5 AM client meeting reveals the reality of working in Indian corporates

In an increasingly interconnected world, the sun never sets on the corporate clock. For Indian professionals working in global companies, this often translates to a demanding and distorted version of “flexibility,” one that blurs the lines between day and night, work and rest.

Recently, a corporate employee based in India shared their experience of having to attend a client meeting scheduled at 5 AM, not because of an emergency or critical deadline, but simply to align with a client’s comfort in a different time zone.

“I had to wake up at 4:30 AM just to be on time. Because apparently, being late is illegal in corporate India,” the post reads.

What does the post explain?

The post tells us the troubling norm in globalised work environments: employees in lower-cost regions like India a